What Alice Knew

'Intriguing .

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an impressive debut'
Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door

'It made me look at marriage in a different light'
Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife

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Cotterell masterfully conjures up the suffocating atmosphere that envelopes the couple as they navigate the mental trauma of maintaining a complex web of lies .

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An intriguing, well-constructed and dramatic debut'
TLS

How far would you go to keep a secret?

Alice has a perfect life – a great job, happy kids, a wonderful husband.

Until he goes missing one night; she receives a suspicious phone call; things don’t quite add up.

Alice needs to know what’s going on.

But when she uncovers the truth she faces a brutal choice.

And how can she be sure it is the truth?

Sometimes it’s better not to know.

An FT ' Reader Pick' Books for Summer Reading.